— albinic /al bin"ik/ , albinal /al"beuh nl/ , adj.
/al buy"noh/ or, esp. Brit., /-bee"-/ , n. , pl. albinos .
1. a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
2. an animal or plant with a marked deficiency in pigmentation.
3. Philately. an embossed stamp accidentally left without ink.
[ 1770-80;
alb ( o ) white ( albus ) + -ino -INE 1 ]